LAN and Telecom Cabling Is my 468 Cable tester dead ?

> Hi folks
>
> I bought a bunch of used tools for my home wiring project and most of
> them are in working condition. This 468 tester (Progressive
> electronics) I'm not too sure about. I changed the 9V battery,
> connected a CAT5 patch cable between the transmitter and reciever and
> switched the tx'er on. Nothing happened. No lights. nothing. I tried
> all the ports : 568A/568B/USOC.

> I am planning to install a gigabit Cat5e network in my house. I
> gathered some kind of test equipment would be nice to verify
> installation. Of course I can plug 2 computers into the network to
> verify the network too. The cable is already in and waiting to be
> jack'ed. It will be leviton jacks (from home depot) installed with a
> Harris D814. Patch cables will be off-the-shelf. This is first time
> I'm doing this but I gathered the right tools should ensure success.
>
> I did get a Progressive Electronics tone generator and inductive
> amplifier too. Will these help ensure the wiring is good for gigabit
> LAN ?

> Thanks for your time..
>
> Regards
> Greg

>Hi folks
>
>I bought a bunch of used tools for my home wiring project and most of
>them are in working condition. This 468 tester (Progressive
>electronics) I'm not too sure about. I changed the 9V battery,
>connected a CAT5 patch cable between the transmitter and reciever and
>switched the tx'er on. Nothing happened. No lights. nothing. I tried
>all the ports : 568A/568B/USOC.

>I am planning to install a gigabit Cat5e network in my house. I
>gathered some kind of test equipment would be nice to verify
>installation. Of course I can plug 2 computers into the network to
>verify the network too. The cable is already in and waiting to be
>jack'ed. It will be leviton jacks (from home depot) installed with a
>Harris D814. Patch cables will be off-the-shelf. This is first time
>I'm doing this but I gathered the right tools should ensure success.

>I did get a Progressive Electronics tone generator and inductive
>amplifier too. Will these help ensure the wiring is good for gigabit
>LAN ?

> Which Leviton jack are you buying rated for Gigabit at Home Dumpo?
> I'm not even sure the the Cat-6 are rated that fast and I missed that
> display.
>
> The 5G108 are probably only rated to 350 Mhz where I guess the cable
> you installed is also rated. Just a thought.
>

> Thanks for your responses. My first line is installed and works fine
> (till now).
> Terminating the jacks on the cable was pretty easy with the D814.
> Right tools make the job easy. I can imagine what problems I might
> still be debugging if I had used the puny pushdown tool which came
> with the Leviton Jacks.
>
>

> > Which Leviton jack are you buying rated for Gigabit at Home Dumpo?
> > I'm not even sure the the Cat-6 are rated that fast and I missed that
> > display.
> >
> > The 5G108 are probably only rated to 350 Mhz where I guess the cable
> > you installed is also rated. Just a thought.
> >

>
> These are cat5e jacks. I'm not sure how it's going to be at gigabit.
> If I find a problem I will probably change the jacks on the critical
> paths (fileserver to HTPC). THe cable is a belden cat5e plenum. I
> gather this should be fine for gigabit.